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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Veldt.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Wendy offer Dr.McClean?
(a) A cup of tea
(b) A scone and jam
(c) A ham and cheese sandwich
(d) A cup of coffee

2. What is “busy humming it to itself” in the opening paragraphs?
(a) The baby
(b) The robot maid
(c) The nursery
(d) The stove

3. What does Dr. McClean say children prefer?
(a) Santas
(b) Happiness
(c) Destruction
(d) Scrooges

4. Who does the wife want the husband to call, and for what reason?
(a) A psychologist to take a look at the nursery
(b) A contractor to stop the leaking roof
(c) A plumber to look at the clogged bathtub
(d) A furnace repairman to fix the heat

5. Who says the following: “But nothing’s too good for our children”?
(a) Lydia
(b) David
(c) Peter
(d) George

Short Answer Questions

1. What do George and Lydia hear while they are lying in bed?

2. Who says, “I don’t want to do anything but look and listen and smell; what else is there to do”?

3. How far away are they when the nursery lights come on?

4. What are their bedrooms called?

5. Where are the lions going?

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